Job 33:13
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
King James Version
In Context
12Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 10:6That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:9-14
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. In these verses, I. Elihu… Read the whole commentary →